Soils, woody plants and farm-household wealth: Context-specific links in Southern Africa
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| Title: | Main Title: Soils, woody plants and farm-household wealth: Context-specific links in Southern Africa |
| Description: | Abstract: Smallholder farmers in Southern Africa cope with low soil fertility and challenging field maintenance. We analysed links between household wealth, cropland soil quality, and field management (fertilization, field clearing) in Zambia and Namibia. We hypothesised that wealthier farmers cultivate higher-quality land because of preferential access, greater resources, and better field management. This pattern holds only partly. In Zambia, homogeneity of inherent soil properties limits disparities in land distribution and soil quality across wealth classes. Higher yields among wealthier farmers were primarily attributable to soil fertility management rather than differences in inherent soil quality. In Namibia, natural soil heterogeneity contributed to unequal land distribution, with wealthier households farming inherently better soils with higher clay, silt, and organic carbon contents. However, these households invested less in field management; thus, higher soil fertility did not result in higher yields. Among wealthy households, off-farm income appears to decouple agricultural productivity from land quality and management. |
| Identifier: | 10.5880/TRR228DB.38 (DOI) |
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| Creators: | Alexandra Sandhage-Hofmann (Author), Mira Franziska Foerster (Author), Rebecca Reuß (Author), Liana Kindermann (Author), Anja Linstädter (Author), Jan Börner (Author), Bisrat Haile Gebrekidan (Author), Lydia Chabala (Author), Wulf Amelung (Author) |
| Publisher: | TRR228 Database (TRR228DB) |
| Publication Year: | 2025 |
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| TRR228 Topic: | Agriculture |
| Related Subproject: | A1 |
| Subjects: | Keywords: Soil Fertility, Farm Household, Management, Vegetation |
| Geogr. Information Topic: | Farming |
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| Filename: | Sandhage_Hofmann_2025_data_Soils_and_Wealth.xlsx |
| Data Type: | Dataset - Microsoft excel file |
| File Size: | 71 KB |
| Date: | Available: 10.03.2025 |
| Mime Type: | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet |
| Data Format: | MS Excel |
| Language: | English |
| Status: | Completed |
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| Download Permission: | Only Own Subproject (Download Embargo will be lifted after project end) |
| General Access and Use Conditions: | According to the TRR228DB data policy agreement. |
| Access Limitations: | According to the TRR228DB data policy agreement. |
| Licence: | [Creative Commons] Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) |
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| Temporal Extent: | 15.08.2022, 07:00:00 - 01.10.2023, 17:00:00 |
| Lineage: | Data of submitted publication |
| Subtype: | Natural Science Data |
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| Metadata Creator: | Alexandra Sandhage-Hofmann |
| Metadata Created: | 16.06.2025 |
| Metadata Last Updated: | 16.06.2025 |
| Subproject: | A1 |
| Funding Phase: | 2 |
| Metadata Language: | English |
| Metadata Version: | V50 |
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